Lilo (Linux Loader) operating system boot loader. This Lilo beeps when it is waiting for input. Lilo is responsible for loading your linux kernel from either a floppy or a hard drive and giving it control of the system. It can also be used to boot many other operating systems, including the BSD variants, DOS, and OS/2. WARNING: Installing boot loaders is inherently dangerous. Be sure to have some means to boot your system from a different media if you install LILO on your hard disk. Here are a few easy rules that will help you to avoid most problems people experience with LILO: - _Don't panic._ If something doesn't work, try to find out what is wrong, try to verify your assumption and only then attempt to fix it. - Read the documentation. Especially if what the system does doesn't correspond to what you think it should do. - Make sure you have an emergency boot disk, that you know how to use it, and that it is always kept up to date. - Run /sbin/lilo _whenever_ the kernel or any part of LILO, including its configuration file, has changed. When in doubt, run it. You can't run /sbin/lilo too many times. - If using LILO as the MBR, de-install it _before_ performing a destructive upgrade and/or erasing your Linux partitions. - Don't trust setup scripts. Always verify the /etc/lilo.conf they create before booting. - If using a big disk, be prepared for inconveniences: you may have to use the LINEAR option. Read the README which comes with Lilo file archive.